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COMBINED SHIPPING PACKAGE AND LANTERN.

(Application filed May 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

Unrrnn STATES PATENT Crrtcn.

WALTER E. MAYO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED SHIPPING-PACKAGE AND LANTERN. v

C CATI N forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,422, dated December 19, 1899.

Application filed May 27,1899. Serial No. 718,490. (No model.)

To (0 whom, it may concern:

Beitknown that LWALTER E. MAYO, ahitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago,

in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

. and cap-pieces are drawn firmly with a clamp- I ing action upon the ends of the chimney or globe to confine the latter in place around the illuminator, which is disposed inside of the lantern. The parts of the lantern serve to confine the heads of the carton or package firmly on the tubular body thereof, and on the removal of this body of the package the same elements operate to clamp the heads on the ends of the lantern-globe to make said heads serve as the base and cap of the lantern. Such clamping devices are readily separable to permit access to the interior of the lantern globe or chimney for lighting the illuminator, and said clamping devices are furthermore simple in construction and efficient in service.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel combination of elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, I have illustrated it in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device adapted for use as a combined package and lantern. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective view with the tubular body of the carton removed and showing the several parts of the device assembled together in operative relation for service as a lantern. Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view through the lantern structure, illustrating the arrangement of the two-part clamp and the locking-rods with relation to the base of the lantern. perspective View of one member of the twopart clamp.

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1O designates the base, which is provided with an annular flange or rim 11, having a series of transverse apertures 12 formed therein at equal distances from one another. The globe or chimney 13 is provided in its lower edge with notches 14., and said globe is adapted to be seated on the base for its notches to form air-inlet openings, by which the necessary supply of air to support combustion is admitted to the interior of the globe.

The cap-piece 15 is adapted to be seated on the upper contracted end of the chimney or globe, and said cap-piece and the base are connected together by the clamping devices, which serve to draw the base and cap firmly against opposite ends of the globe for the purpose of confining the globe against movement laterally of the base and cap and relatively to the illuminator. This cap-piece is provided with one or a series of vent-apertures 16, and it is furthermore provided with an annular flange or rim 17, having apertures 18 located at diametrically opposite points therein.

The clamp is formed by two members 19 20, each of which is made, preferably, from a single piece of wire. At one end each clamp member is bent to provide a hook 21, and at its opposite end the clamp member is doubled upon itself to form the eye 23 and the prong 24, the latter being disposed at right angles to the axis of the clamp member. Each clamp member is furthermore provided at a point intermediate of its length with an offset or shoulder 22, which is formed by bending the wire in a curved direction to form a seat for the locking-rod. The two clamp members 19 20 have their hook-shaped ends 21 fitted in openings 12 of the base at diametrically opposite points, and said clamp members extend upwardly from the base in oppositelyinclined directions in order to present the prongs 24. at their upper ends in positions to enter the openings 18 in the flange of the cap 15. The clamping members are thus con- Fig. 5 is a detail nected at opposite ends to the base and to I the cap, and said members are held firmly in the described positions by the engagement of locking-rods 25 therewith. Each locking-rod is provided at one end with a hook 26 and at its opposite end with an elongated loop 27. The lockingrods have the hooks 26 thereof fitted in apertures 12 at opposite sides of the base and in the intervals between the attachment of the clamp members 19 20 thereto, and each rod has its loop 27 fitted slidably over one of the clamp members, whereby the locking-rods may be adjusted on the clamp members for the loops 27 of said rods to engage with the offsets or shoulders 22 of the clamp members. As each clamp member is made from a single piece of wire, it is adapted to yield or give somewhat when the loop of the locking-rod is adjusted by hand along the clamp member toward the offset or shoulder, and the locking-rods are thus adapted to bend or deflect the clamp members in order to draw the cap and base firmly upon the ends of the globe or chimney.

To facilitate handling the lantern,l employ a bail 28, which is loosely connected to the eyes 23 of the clamp members.

In packing lanterns for transportation and in shipping them forlong distances it has been found that the globes or chimneys are liable to be broken or cracked, thus entailing expense on the manufacturer or the merchant, and to overcome this objection and to minimize the liability of injury to the globes as well as other parts of the lantern structure it is my purpose to provide a construction by which the globes may be protected in a great Y to that of the chimney.

measure from breakage. This end is at tained by the employment of a carton or package certain elements of which enter into the construction of the lantern. The body of the carton is designated by the numeral 29 in Figs. 1 and 2, and it consists of a piece of pasteboard or other suitable material bent into cylindrical form and having its edges united together by a separable strip in the manner disclosed more fully in another application for cartons and shipping-packages filed by me of even date herewith. The diameter of the tubular body 29 exceeds the greatest diameter of the globe or chimney, and the length of said tubular body is equal This construction of the tubular body 29 enables it to be fitted around the globe or chimney and its ends to fit into the flanges or rims of the base 10 and the cap 15. The tubular body is provided near its upper end with transverse apertures 30, which are adapted to receive the prongs 24: of the clamping members after said prongs shall have passed through the openings in the rim of the cap 15, and the tubular body 29 is thus adapted to be held firmly in place between the base and cap and by engagement with the prongs of the clamping members.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, it will be understood that the ends of the tubular body 29 are closed by the application of the base 10 and the cap 15, and these elements are joined or connected together by the clamping members and the locking-rods, which are disposed on the outside of the tubular body. The elements of the combined package an d lantern are thus disposed for the body to afford protection to the lantern-globe, and the article is sold to the purchaser in this condition.

To use the lantern, the locking-rods 25 are adjusted thereon from engagement with the offsets or shoulders of the clamping members and the prongs 24 of the latter are withdrawn from the apertured cap 25 and the tubular body 29. The cap and the tubular body are now'withdrawn from the base and the framework, which is formed by the clamp members and the rods, and then the cap is detached from the body. The cap is now replaced on the upper end of the lantern globe or chimney for the vent-apertures 16 to communicate with said chimney, and finally the operator adjusts the clamping members 19 20 for the prongs 24 to enter the openings in the rim of the cap 15, and then the locking-rods 25 are moved on the clamping members for the loops 27 to engage with the offsets or shoulders.

The lantern is designed to be equipped with an illuminator of any suitable character, and in the embodiment of the invention represented by Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings the base 10 is shown as provided with a central socket-tube 81, adapted to receive a candle. It will be understood, however, that the candle-socket may be dispensed with and a lampfount of any suitable type may be fitted on or attached to the base member to be housed or inclosed within the chimney or globe 13. As the base 10 is an imperforate piece of metal, it is important that the notches 14 shall be provided in the globe for the admission of air, and by providing the cap 15 with the vent aperture or apertures 16 the draft or circulation through the lantern is secured to maintain combustion by the illuminator.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A combined shipping-package and lantern com prising a base, a cap, a globe confined between the base and cap, a tubular body surrounding the globe and fitted to the base and cap, and a separable clamp connecting the base and cap and adapted to firmly hold the globe and tubular body in place, substan tially as described.

2. In a lantern, the combination of a base, a cap, and a separable-clamp having certain of its members attached to the base and cap,

and other members connected to the base only and having interlocking engagement with the first-named members, substantially as described.

3. In alantern, the combination With a base, a cap and a globe or chimney, of a separable clamp consisting of shouldered rods connected to the base and cap, and locking-rods connected to the base and having interlocking engagement with the shouldered members, substantially as described.

4. In a lantern, the combination of a base, a cap, the clamping members connected loosely and permanently to the base and provided with prongs which are connected detachably to the cap, and locking-rods connected to the base in the intervals between the clamping members and having interlocking engagement therewith to draw the base and cap firmly upon the ends of an interposed globe or chimney, substantially as described.

5. In a lantern, the combination of a flanged base, a flanged cap, a chimney or globe interposed between said base and cap, the clamping members connected at their opposite ends to the flanged base and cap and provided at points intermediate their length With the offsets or shoulders, and the locking-rods ate tached to the flanged base in the intervals between the clamping members and having loops at their free ends slidably fitted to the clamping members for interlocking engagement With the offsets or shoulders thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER E. MAYO. 

